HP DesignJet Z9+ 24-in PostScript® Plus Edition

Exceptional Fine Art and Professional Photography Printing

The HP DesignJet Z9+ 24-in PostScript® Printer Plus Edition brings professional photo quality, dependable color management, and efficient large-format production to creative environments that cannot compromise on image quality. Designed for professional photographers, fine-art reproduction studios, graphic designers, galleries, and specialty print providers, this 24-inch printer delivers vivid color, precise detail, smooth tonal transitions, and impressive black density across a broad selection of photographic and fine-art media.

Its nine-color HP Vivid Photo Ink system expands the available color gamut while HP Pixel Control technology manages individual color combinations for more natural transitions and accurate reproduction. An embedded spectrophotometer supports automated calibration and profiling, helping print professionals maintain consistent results across repeated jobs. With Adobe PDF Print Engine, powerful file processing, secure internal storage, and an intuitive professional workflow, the Z9+ is engineered to produce premium output without creating unnecessary production complexity.

What Makes the Plus Edition Different?

The HP DesignJet Plus Edition builds on the proven performance of the original HP DesignJet Z-Series by introducing workflow and productivity enhancements while maintaining the same exceptional print quality, color accuracy, and reliability. Rather than redesigning the print engine, HP focused on improving day-to-day production with updated software, faster processing, enhanced security, and a more efficient printing experience for today’s professional environments.

Print Quality and Color Accuracy

The HP DesignJet Z9+ is built for applications in which subtle variations in color, shadow detail, skin tones, and tonal transitions are immediately visible. Its nine pigment-based inks include cyan, magenta, yellow, matte black, photo black, chromatic red, chromatic green, chromatic blue, and gray. Together, these inks provide an expansive color gamut suitable for professional photography, fine-art reproduction, gallery prints, design presentations, and color-critical graphics.

HP Pixel Control technology helps the printer produce smooth gradients and precise color transitions by controlling how individual ink colors are combined. This is especially valuable when reproducing photographs containing delicate highlights, neutral grays, soft shadows, saturated colors, or complex skin tones.

The printer delivers resolutions up to 2400 × 1200 optimized dpi, providing the fine detail required for exhibition photography, artistic reproductions, portfolios, and premium presentation graphics. An optional HP Gloss Enhancer can also be used to improve gloss uniformity and reduce bronzing on compatible glossy and semi-gloss photo media.

The built-in spectrophotometer supports automated color calibration and custom ICC profiling. This helps maintain predictable color from one job to the next and reduces the amount of manual testing normally required when working with different media types or repeat print projects.

Workflow and Productivity

Professional image quality should not require a complicated production process. The HP DesignJet Z9+ combines advanced color technology with workflow tools that help creative teams prepare, process, and produce large-format output efficiently.

Adobe PDF Print Engine provides native PDF processing for accurate reproduction of transparencies, layers, fonts, and complex graphic elements. This reduces the possibility of unexpected output when processing detailed design files and helps maintain consistency between the original PDF and the finished print.

The printer supports direct file submission, network-based workflows, and USB printing. Its integrated touchscreen gives operators clear access to media settings, job information, ink status, and printer functions. The 500 GB self-encrypting hard drive and 128 GB of virtual memory provide the processing capacity needed for complex photographic and graphic files.

With a maximum print speed of approximately 600 square feet per hour on plain media, 144 square feet per hour in normal mode on coated media, and 38 square feet per hour in best mode on glossy media, the Z9+ balances production speed with the image quality required for professional photographic output.

The 24-inch format is particularly attractive for photography studios, educational art departments, museums, agencies, and businesses that want premium large-format capabilities without the additional floor space required by a 44-inch production printer.

Security Features

The HP DesignJet Z9+ includes security capabilities designed to help protect the printer, stored information, and network access. Its 500 GB self-encrypting hard drive helps safeguard data retained during job processing, while secure file erasure features can help reduce the risk of sensitive job information remaining on the device.

Administrators can manage access and configure network settings according to organizational security requirements. These protections make the printer appropriate for corporate creative departments, educational institutions, government environments, and professional studios that handle confidential artwork, photography, marketing campaigns, or client files.

Regular firmware management and controlled user access can be incorporated into an organization’s broader printer security policy, helping the Z9+ function as a managed network device rather than an isolated production printer.

Professional Applications

The HP DesignJet Z9+ 24-in PostScript® Printer Plus Edition is ideal for organizations that produce premium visual output and require dependable color reproduction. Its combination of photographic image quality, pigment-based inks, media flexibility, and integrated color management supports a wide variety of professional applications.

• Professional photography and exhibition prints
• Fine-art reproductions and limited-edition prints
• Gallery, museum, and portfolio presentations
• Graphic design proofs and client presentation graphics
• High-quality posters and promotional displays
• Color-critical marketing and branding materials
• Photo enlargements and portrait printing
• Art school, university, and creative-department output
• Canvas, photographic paper, and specialty fine-art media

Because the printer accommodates media up to 24 inches wide and supports sheets as well as roll-fed media, users can move between individual artwork, photographic enlargements, proofs, and longer production runs without relying on separate printing systems.

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Help Choosing the Right Professional Photo Printer

Selecting the right HP DesignJet printer depends on the size of your output, the media you use, your required color accuracy, and your expected production volume. NAPCO can help you compare the HP DesignJet Z9+ 24-inch printer with the 44-inch Z9+ models and the HP DesignJet Z6 graphics printer series.

NAPCO serves professional photographers, creative departments, print providers, educational institutions, and businesses throughout New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. Contact our large-format printing specialists to request pricing, discuss your applications, or compare the available HP DesignJet Z-Series models.